East-West co-production market connecting cottbus, held during FilmFestival Cottbus in November 2019, is currently open for submissions. We present 13 projects in development and 6 works in progress, all competing for a number of awards.
Our cocoPITCH section is dedicated to projects in development. The coco Best Pitch Award is voted for by our industry audience and includes a cash prize towards development as well as a free accreditation to the Cannes Producers Network.
Courtesy of our partners MIDPOINT, the renowned training platform for script and project development, comes the MIDPOINT Consulting Award, consisting of in-depth script consultancy with MIDPOINT experts for three of our selected projects.
We are also happy to welcome back our partner AVANPOST and their new film production brand AVANGUARD. The production arm of the renowned Romanian post-production facility Avanpost will offer the AVANGUARD Pitch Packaging Award, including financing strategy consulting, the project lookbook as well as the post-production for a proof of concept.
For our cocoWIP section presenting works in progress, we are once again teaming up with major German post-production studio D-FACTO MOTION, who will sponsor the D-Facto Motion WIP Award of €35,000 in-kind services plus €5,000 granted for additional expenses.
Producers can submit their feature fiction film projects in development for cocoPITCH until 17 July 2019, and projects in production or post-production for cocoWIP until 22 August 2019. The project must be connected to Eastern Europe in subject or production context.
Producers, sales agents, commissioning editors and other industry representatives active in East-West European co-production can apply without a project by 7 October 2019.
This year’s edition of connecting cottbus takes place on 6-8 November 2019.
We look forward to receiving your projects!
Your coco team
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Three films from East Silver Caravan are screening at Estonia's Parnu Film Festival.
SAVE THE DATE! The call for applications for the 4th edition of Kids Film.Pro is approaching.
Kids Film.Pro it's an international development programme for film projects and TV series for young audience. It is dedicated to script writers and producers who are interested in developing their film (live action, animation or documentary) or a TV series from a concept to a highly advanced script stage and initial production assumptions. For submissions we invite filmmakers from Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece and Poland.
New Partners of the Kids Film.Pro
The project started in 2014 and this year’s edition will turn into an international workshop edition including partnership countries. We are happy to announce our new partners:
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznań, Poland
- JE.F Festival, Antwerp, Belgium
- Zlin Film Festival, Zlin, Czech Republic
- Athens International Children’s Film Festival supported by Faliro House, Athenes, Greece
Kids Film.Pro/Kino Dzieci.Pro works with 12 teams (scriptwriter and producer) including 4 series and 8 feature films on participants ideas. Our goal is to develop the script form short synopsis (budget, financing and promotion plan).
Schedule
4th edition of Kids Film.Pro will consist of 4 stationary workshop sessions and at least 3 on-line sessions. The workshops will be conducted in English only on the following months:
- December 2019, Poznań, International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!
- March 2020, Antwerp, JE.F Festival
- May 2020, Zlin, Zlin Film Festival
- August 2020, Athens, Athens International Children’s Film Festival supported by Faliro House
Selected projects will be presented at the Warsaw Kids Film Forum 2020 – an international co-production forum, which is an industry part of Kids Film Festival.
Our experts
Kirsten Bonnen Rask – feature films script Tutor.
Kirsten is an experienced script consultant in all formats – shorts, features, TV series, and documentaries for adults as well as for children.
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Armin Prediger – series script Tutor.
Armin has worked in the film industry for 25 years, 18 of those as a writer, head writer and script editor in live-action and animation.
Ronald Kruschak – producer’s Tutor.
Germany-based producer, writer and tutor/lecturer with a track record of twenty years of filmmaking focusing on Family Entertainment.
Philip LaZebnik – feature films script Tutor.
Philip is a screenwriter, writer of plays and a screenwriting consultant. Originally associated with Disney Studios and Dream Works. His screenwriting credits include Mulan and Pocahontas for Disney, and The Prince of Egypt and The Road to El Dorado for DreamWorks, among many others.
Project executed with the support of Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union and Polish Film Institute.
KARLOVY VARY: Slovakia is sending films to the main competition section and the prestigious East of the West competition at the 59th Karlovy Vary IFF, which opens on 28 June 2019.
ŁÓDŹ: The fourth Animarkt Stop Motion Forum 2019 is accepting applications for its 2019 pitching session through 24 August 2019.
PRAGUE: The international script and project development programme MIDPOINT has announced calls for MIDPOINT Shorts and Feature Launch.
Dear colleagues and friends,
We are pleased to introduce the line-up of Slovak films at the 54th Karlovy Vary IFF.
>>OFFICIAL SELECTION – MAIN COMPETITION
Let There Be Light
Marko Škop SK-CZ 2019
>>EAST OF THE WEST – COMPETITION
Silent Days
Pavol Pekarčík SK-CZ 2019
>>FUTURE FRAMES
Kid
Gregor Valentovič SK 2019
>>OUT OF THE PAST
The Barnabáš Kos Case
Peter Solan CS 1964
>>LIBERATED
It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill
Juraj Jakubisko CS 1992
MEET SLOVAK FILM INSTITUTE
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Miroslav Ulman | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | June 30 - July 5
We very much look forward to seeing you soon!
Lea
& Rastislav & Kristína & Tomáš & MiroslavNational Cinematographic Centre | SLOVAK FILM INSTITUTE
CineEurope 2019, Barcelona: 19 June 2019 - The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), the European cinema trade grouping, today launched the third edition of its Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme, a 12-month mentoring programme for women in cinema exhibition.
Following the success of the first two rounds of the programme, initially launched at CineEurope 2017, this year’s edition will see eight talented female European cinema professionals receiving one-to-one support and development advice from outstanding women executives from across the cinema landscape, recognised for their leadership and business success.
This edition will also for the first time see the initiative expand its reach, welcoming mentees from UNIC’s Partnership Programme - itself composed of key players from across the cinema sector and beyond - to include participants from 14 different companies across 10 territories.
The programme remains UNIC’s flagship initiative to address the need to encourage and empower female professionals in order for the industry to realise its full potential. The 2019/20 edition welcomes the following key female leaders and rising female professionals from across the cinema exhibition landscape:
Mentors
Sofie Braet (Cinionic, Belgium), Nathalie Cieutat (Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont, France), Helena Eklund (Filmstaden, Sweden), Cathy Huis in ‘t Veld-Esser (Gofilex B.V., The Netherlands), Petra Rockenfeller (AG Kino & Lichtburg Filmpalast, Germany), Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen (Novo Cinemas, UAE), Eva Maria Valles Novel (Cinesa, Spain), Olga Zinyakova (KARO Cinema Chain, Russia).
Mentees
Angeliki Angelidou (Cineplexx, Greece), Sévrine Breil (Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont, France), Susanne Fläxl (Cineplex Neufahrn, Germany), Anna Grunert (Helios, Poland), Louise McKenzie (Webedia Movies Pro, UK), Alessandra Pavan Bernacchi (IMAX, UK), Rochelle Shanthakumar (Odeon Cinemas Group, UK), Hanna Szczepkowska (Arsenal Cinema, Germany).
Welcoming this latest edition of the programme, UNIC CEO Laura Houlgatte commented:
“It’s with great pride that we at UNIC are continuing our committed efforts towards promoting more gender-balanced leadership within the industry.
The success of the first two editions of the UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme reflects not only the dedication of our inspiring mentors and mentees but also the continued need for discussions surrounding equal opportunities across the sector.
We set out with the key long-term objective of broadening the talent pool for leadership in cinema exhibition, in the hope that the mentees of today would become the mentors of tomorrow.
We’re delighted to be joined by such a fantastic group of industry professionals for this year’s edition and very much look forward to what the next 12 months have in store.”
Notes for editors
The UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme is a 12-month cross-sector, international mentoring scheme for women in cinema exhibition.
Launched in 2017, the Programme is rooted in the belief that gender-balanced leadership in cinema exhibition is imperative for business success, better governance and more equity in the industry.
More information can be found on the UNIC website here.
The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC)
The Union Internationale des Cinémas/International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) represents the interests of cinema trade associations and cinema operators covering 38 countries in Europe and neighbouring regions.
CineEurope
CineEurope 2019 will take place from 17-20 June at the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB) in Barcelona, Spain. CineEurope is the longest- running and most successful European convention and trade show for Major, Regional, and Independent cinema professionals. CineEurope will feature exclusive screenings and product presentations of upcoming films, sponsored events, timely and informative seminars and the CineEurope Trade Show. CineEurope is the Official Convention of the Union Internationale des Cinémas/International Union of Cinemas (UNIC).
Open call for MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2020
MIDPOINT Feature Launch is a unique training and networking platform for emerging talents from Central and Eastern Europe.
Feature Launch / Project Development Training
The project development training focuses on teams of writers, directors, and producers who are developing their first or second feature films.
Nine selected feature film projects go through an intensive
4-module program that enables them to work closely on the script and project development and provides them with financing and co-production opportunities.
The program consists of 2 residential workshops; project showcase takes place within Karlovy Vary International Film Festival with the KVIFF & MIDPOINT Development Award of 10.000 EUR for the best project and follow-up module for participating producers is organized within
When East Meets West Co-production Market.
Feature Launch / Script Consultant Training
The development process that the Feature Launch projects go through is used as a platform to train three attending script consultant trainees, who are studying for their future careers as professional script consultants.
Dates and venues
Workshop 1 / January 15-22, 2020 / Trieste, Italy
Workshop 2 / April 2020 / Slovakia
Workshop 3 / June 2020 / Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Feature Launch Spotlight (follow-up module) / January 2021 / Trieste, Italy
Program accepts
PROJECTS – first or second feature films (teams of writers, and/or directors and producers)
SCRIPT CONSULTANT TRAINEES – script consultants, writers, editors, creative producers and other film professionals (with some experience in story-editing) with the ambition of becoming script consultants
Deadlines
Project Development Training / September 13, 2019
Script Consultant Training / September 27, 2019
You can find more information about MIDPOINT Feature Launch here.
You can access the application form here.
MIDPOINT Feature Launch is realized with the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Czech Film Fund. It is presented in cooperation with Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, When East Meets West, Trieste Film Festival, the connecting cottbus, CineMart, Art Department Masterclass and Audiovisual Producers' Association. MIDPOINT operates under the auspices of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
